Blues 78 JVB 40 One String Sam My Baby
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Description
This 78 RPM record on the J-V-B label No. 40 from Detroit Michigan is extremely rare. Absolutely tough to find. The artist is One String Sam (Wilson)and features him singing the only two known songs that he recorded, entitled "My Baby, OOOO" and "I Need A Hundred Dollars." Not much is known about One String Sam, an eccentric street musician who walked into Joe's Record Shop on Hastings Street in Detroit in 1956 and recorded these two odd and unforgettable tracks on a fretless, one- string instrument that was essentially a diddley bow, consisting of a wood plank with a piano wire stretched between two nails, augmented with an electric guitar pickup. Sam, whose real name was Sam Wilson, fretted the instrument with a baby food jar and, placing the jar near the vocal microphone when he sang, created his own echo chamber. The result was an eerie, spooky, and riveting version of country blues. Sam played on the streets in Detroit for a few years, but eventually vanished.
Condition is VG, but plays VG+ There is some minor but not distracting noise, hardly any hiss.
On Aug-11-14 at 22:19:19 PDT, seller added the following information:
Please note that there are what appear to be stains or water marks on the photo. That is from our scanner and not on the record. We apologize for the poor scan. The record surface does not have the stains or water marks that you see.
Anyone wishing additional information on the photos please feel free to submit a question. We found the glass on the scanner had been wiped with a wet cloth and left water marks on the glass. The record vinyl surface and the labels are fine.
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